The Hotel Sequoia (as the Sequoia Hotel) first appeared in the 1911 Sacramento City Directory at 911 K Street, right next door to the Sequoia Theater, one of almost a dozen venues on K Street offering motion pictures at that time. Owned by the...
Pictured in 1952 is the recently completed McKesson and Robbins warehouse at the corner of Richards Boulevard and Seventh Street. Opened in the fall of 1950 and costing nearly $1,000,000, the facility was designed by the accomplished Sacramento...
This 1935 photograph shows an ivy-covered Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery, bordering Stockton Boulevard. On the left side of the photograph is the cannery’s first floor receiving area while just above is the can storage room. In September...
This photograph of the façade of the $1,000,000 Mercy Hospital at 4001 J Street. It was taken in 1928 and shows J Street looking north. Opened on February 11, 1925, the new four-story, 155-bed Mercy Hospital was built in the shape of an X to...
Boyle Brothers Cleaners, located at 1730 Broadway, is pictured here in 1949. The business was founded by brothers Edwin and Calvert Boyle, just prior to World War I. Tragedy hit the family in the spring of 1935 when Calvert disappeared. His body...
This June 21, 1938, photograph captures the Florida Inn Motel, located at 6150 Auburn Boulevard. Owned by Henry and Ann Coldani, the Florida was a classic roadhouse, offering its signature half-fried chicken, some of the best parties and live...
Shown in a circa 1960 photograph is a section of Third Street and the following businesses: the Eastern Hotel at 1118 Third Street, the El Clavel Cafe at 1116 Third Street, and the Cinco de Mayo Pool Hall at 1118 Third Street. The Eastern Hotel's...
A large red heart dominates this promotional card for the Travelers Hotel in the "Heart of Sacramento". Based at the southwest corner of Fifth and J Streets, rooms started at $1 with meals and extra services provided.
This postcard view of downtown Sacramento focuses on the State Capitol with an inset of the Travelers Hotel. A printed description on the back of the card reads, "Fireproof - Newly Furnished, Rates From $1.50, John R. Points, Manager."
Shown in 1924 is the newly constructed Sacramento High School, located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street. Dedicated in the same year, the school was part of a massive increase in public school construction during the early 1920s that saw no less than...
Centered at the junction of the California Central rails and the Central Pacific Railway and named for the abundant wildflowers in the area, the town of Roseville formed a school district in 1869 but had no schoolhouse of its own until 1872. A...
California Middle School is located at 1600 Vallejo Way in Sacramento, California. Designed by Sacramento architecture luminary Harry Devine and built at a cost of $300,000, the structure opened in November 1933 with an enrollment of 738 pupils...
California Middle School is located at 1600 Vallejo Way in Sacramento, California. Designed by Sacramento architecture luminary Harry Devine and built at a cost of $300,000, the structure opened in November 1933 with an enrollment of 738 pupils...
Centered at the junction of the California Central rails and the Central Pacific Railway and named for the abundant wildflowers in the area, the town of Roseville formed a school district in 1869 but had no schoolhouse of its own until 1872. A...
Centered at the junction of the California Central rails and the Central Pacific Railway and named for the abundant wildflowers in the area, the town of Roseville formed a school district in 1869 but had no schoolhouse of its own until 1872. A...
Packard Bell NEC, an international computer manufacturer, has corporate headquarters in Sacramento (One Packard Bell Way). Taken July 30, 1997, this is the front of the Packard Bell NEC Administration Building, which used to be the headquarters...
Listed as “one of the fist important commercial wineries in the city of Sacramento, The Eberhardt & Lachman Winery, which would be later named the California Winery, was built in 1871 by a San Francisco wine house. The brick building was...
According to a Sacramento County California booklet printed in 1910, lemons had a gross yield per acre of $200.00 to $700.00. The citrus colony of Fair Oaks was one example of a local citrus colony that grew lemons. In 1900 the colony contained...
C.K. McClatchy Senior High School is located at 3066 Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California. Named after “Sacramento Bee” newspaper editor and owner Charles Kenny McClatchy, the school was built in 1937 by way of Public Works...
C.K. McClatchy Senior High School is located at 3066 Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California. Named after “Sacramento Bee” newspaper editor and owner Charles Kenny McClatchy, the school was built in 1937 by way of Public Works...
